"Istanbul – The Cosmopolitan Heart of Turkish Republic
June 30, 2008 by janlac
During the sixteen centuries, it is hailed as the capital of the Byzantine, Roman, and Ottoman Empires. It is the city that spans into two continents. It has a mixture of cultures and philosophies of Europe and Asia, Occidental and Orient. It is known as the center of Christendom and Islam’s seat. Now, it stands as a home to the Patriarchate of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Sephardic Jewish heritage sites."
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